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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1898)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 7, 1898. To Raise Five Thousand Dollars th at have been p ih d i»|> in cellars al and deserves patronage. and bins. The W illam ette valley for the University. 3Ó F" r "s with t. old friends, *»*•* and bHl se “ h e a ts the world for potatoes and tue , few A‘ hours potato-hug is never seen h e re . cured several siib-cribei s. I stayed S* culari-*t«, P. C. I give. .$50 Lon Arnes will give.. . 50 A Friend will give....................... 50 D Buckingham will give ........ 50 A. Shinnin, M. D , will g iv e ... 50 R. C. Buriis will g iv e............... 50 A Friend will give..................... 50 C. F. Ames will give....................50 P. Ranch will give...................... 50 D. B>dtoii will give..................... 50 H arry Fricker will give ........... 50 E. Stew art will g iv e ................... 50 A Friend will g i v e .........................50 Abroad. over night with D. C. Stew art and look the m orning train for Port- TRACTS S cientific W isdom . OF à ELIZA MoWRY BLIVEN la n d , w here I d esired to m eet sev- : Containing condensed arguments in f, v<ii <»i Moral Secularism and Right was »11- erai 01 Hie Secular friends who were Living, ¡imi against S u p ersti My stay at H arrisburg leed a pleasant one. I found Mr. in a I tenda ic e at the political con tio n , Im m o ra li!y amt I ntem pernii«'«-. LaSalle to I»«- an old friend of my ventions. Among those 1 met weie J U S T TH^S T H I N G father ami I had a pleasant visit E. J . Kaiser of A shland, G ran t to hand t o your C h ristia n friends. Put, with the family. I found H a rris Rawlings of Medford. J. II. Shm e lisln d m ontili} at | 1 .00 j»er year ."»u tra c ts each m o n th ), bv burg to he full of Secularists ami I tier of Arago, J. R. Gregg of O n ta -uceeeded io getting several f*ub- rio, and II K. Thompson of Burns. THE LI8ERAL UNIVERSITY CO,, S il* e r‘ ° " ’ • - Oregon '(•riheis for the T orch and some I had a pleasant visit with Mrs. Mr. Hjermstad, / 5( i financial aid for the U niveisitv. Davidson, Mr. W ingert and the Friend from W aldo Hills \ M 'M IL L A N & PITMAN IL Allen will g i v e ...................... 50 Lack of space prevents my telling ( ’low family at M ontavilla, and li ft L. E. F uller will give................. 50 of the many good people I met. 1 Sunday evening for H ubbard,w here promised to rd tirn in ah mt a I took Mr. Kester by surprise and provided th at mouth anil give a lecture. : stayed over night. The next day I more men (or women) J left next m orning for A lbany, canvassed the town hurriedly and will give the same W here are when; I stayed until evening, ta k 'g o t some subscribers, and then a m o u n t, -All kinds of choice----- th e e ig h ty -fo u r? ing some subscriptions lor the j started on foot for W oodburn, a M E A T ., T orch and m eeting m any friends, ■ distance of four miles, thin k in g I ...F R E S H 0 0 0 0 0 c . A\zA » Z O ^ Z O O <0; Always on ham l am i sold at am ong whom are Miss W illitt, Dr. would reach there in time for the ¿-Az- Z'V'- Z ^Z^ - . Z^z<. Z ^z^ ZAz<k I arrived in & Elh’s and others. In the evening. I tra ’n for Silverton. N E W S AND N O T E S. P rice s took the trait) for Corvallis, where plenty of tim e, hut, to my surprise, S ta n d a rd * We pay th e highest juice I arrived at sun-down and just in found a crowd of young people from A bout forty good hooks were lime to find my friend Lionel Silverton, who were to play the C ash fo r F a t S to c k added to our library this week Johnson, w Ito is in attendance at dram a “T exas” there th at night, • • • • G ive U s a C a 11. . . . the A gricultural College. ID and and were in need of me to tak e the Keep them coming! three fellow-students are keeping part of Davy Crockett. T h at ne ...THE... We d o n ’t l'ke this sem i-m onthly house, and th e y are a jolly crowd cessitated my rem aining there until business, hut we ca n ’t do better Mr. Johnson is an uncle of Lillian m idnight, when we started for Sil u ntil we are able to get more help. .Johnson, who is atten d in g the I / ' verton a distance of twelve miles, A W EEKLY PA PE R The students gave a pleasant lit eral U niversity. The hoys invited where wo arrived just before day o o FO R CHILDREN-*.-.- ° ° tle surprise party at Mrs. Hosm er’s me to stay with them that night light. The L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral an this week in honor of her th irty - and I accepted the invitation with Thus ends my first trip abroad. hygie lie stories an d lessons, letters froi first birthday. pleasure, and found them to be I am glad to get hack and find the young folks and lessons tor Secular Sin school in a good condition. I will day Schools. It c o n ta in s n o th in g suj»e The lum ber for finishing the d in good housekeepers. N'-xt in 'ruing rem ain here hut a short tim e, when stitio u s, and is ju s t th e th in g for chi ing hall is sawed and hauled and Mr. Johnson kindly showed me I will make another to u r of the d ren , no m a tte r of w hat belief. It'yo have 110 Secular S u n d ay school th a t yo work will begin in a few days, as about the college grounds and same p art of the county, delivering can a tte n d , su b scrib e for the L ittle Car buildings, and I enjoyed the visit lectures at several points. After •lie and have a S unday school in you soon as it is seasoned. very much. There is one thing I that I will strike out for new te rri own hom e. Among the books added to cur F bt Y e a r . . 2 5 C e n ts . I am well pleased with inv did not adm ire, and th at is the tory. fine, growing library this week is THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY COMPANY, chapel exercises, which consiste<l, first effort. Help me to m ake the SILVERTON - - - OKEGO.' next still m ore successful. H erbert Spencer’s S ynthetic P hi am ong other things, of “ sacred” P earl W. G eer . losophy. This great modern work songs and prayer. The school is Silverton, Ore, April 5th, 1898. on biology is, to our notion, one of supported by the I . S. governm ent TORCH OF REASON the greatest works in the world. and should he tree from religious O BITU A R Y . The dram a given by the students teachings. All this impresses us Mrs. E tta Shrum , beloved wife of at Howell last week was a grand still more with the necessity for a success. Every part was well acted Liberal U niversity. Many of the W . H Shrum , and dau g h ter of Mr. N O . I. — and won much applause. The so students are Secularists and express and Mrs. J. T. C ham berlin, of D al cial dance given after the play by a desire to hear a Secular lecture, las, Polk county, Oregon, died at Stet Ilia m iner’s orchestra was also a and I promised to favor them on her home on the 8th of April. She ’Az., success and enjoyed very much. my next trip. W hile in Corvallis was beloved by all who knew her, and besides her heart-broken 1 i l ', < ** Mr. Geer arrived M onday m orn I visited at the house of Mrs. F u l relatives, including three little T*C* ing, and we were all glad to see ler, who gave me a cordial welcome children, she leaves hosts of friends Perhaps noth him and hear the account of his and subscribed fifty dollars for the to m ourn her loss. K E E P T H E TO R C H OF R EASO N very successful trip. Mr. Geer finds U niversity. It is ju s t such S ecular ing more appropriate could he said B U R N IN G .” th a t m any who were supposed lobe ists as this th at will m ake our of her th an was said by h er hus band’s m other in a recent com m un indifferent to our work are very 1 a use succeed. ication: ‘‘She w; s beloved bv a ll' N ew and selected s e c u la r songs set ■My next »topping place was! who knew her— had not an enemv much interested and will help just to fa m ilia r tu n e s . all they can. M cM innville, where I had not been in the world—a true Liberal. T h ir t y - t w o pages. P rice 10 c e n ts. The rem ains were laid to rest on ( ap tain M olfard, the defeated for nearly two years, and was glad the 11th u l t , in the M itchell Cem captain of (he Y. P. S. S. C., assist to meet so m any friends. J secured etery. ed by his cohorts, royally en ter several subscribers and had pleas tained the victors last S aturday ant visits with H. M. Daniel, Wm. University Fund. Lam bert, Lee L aughlin, W. T. evening. Every one seemed to have The am ount given in this fund a good time. These entertainm ents Booth and family, and others. at the end of every term are becom Here, also, they desire a lecture on is actual cash paid in, regardless of From here I went w h a f has been prom ised: Caveats, and T rade-M arks obtained and a ll Pat ing an attractiv e feature of our work my next trip. to N orth 5 am hill, where I visited Previously acknowledged,. $612.30 ent business conducted fa r M o d e r a t e F e e s . O ur O f f ic e is O p p o s it e U . s . P a t e n t O ffice 4 00 and We are indebted to Mr. Cooley, at the home of the Bunn fam ily and John D ia m o n d ................... we can secure patent in less tim e tnaa those E. S . ............. .............................. remote from W ashington. one of the old tim e Liberals of Sil- had a very pleasant time. Among N. L. L ee.......... ' . Send model, draw ing or photo., w ith descrip tion. We advise, i f patentable o r not, free of \e rto n , for a fine lot of potatoes, the Other frie n d s I met there was Benton Tracy . .. charge. O u r fee not due t i l l patent is secured. ' A P a m p h l e t , “ H ow to O btain Patents,” with fliese potatoes were just dug, hav- Prof, \\ irtz, the phrenologist, who J. A. C ald er............. -cost o f same in the U . S. and foreign countries 2.00 5 sent free. Address, tem ained in the ground all winter, will soon visit Silverton and other R u d o l p h S c h n e i d e r ............. MATERIAL, ETC. and are rough better than those points near. Mr. W irtz is a L iber-, O = p . P a t e n t O f f ic e . W a s h in g t o n . D. C. < Previously acknowledged, $271.50 LJJSÜ£?S" 84 a az z aza az t SONG BOOK ’Sr C .A .S N O W & C O .